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Sparky is an opinionated googly-eyed AI in a suitcase powered by an Nvidia Jetson Orin NS Super 16GB.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#75NPB)
The Core Ultra 9 290K Plus, which never came out, was only marginally faster than the Core Ultra 7 270K Plus, which explains why Intel ultimately chose not to release it. On average across 1080p and 1440p games, it's only about 2% faster, and in synthetic benchmarks and productivity workloads, it's less than 4% ahead.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#75NPC)
The Omen 45L may currently be one of the most sensible ways to secure an RTX 5090 gaming system without having to deal with inflated standalone GPU prices.
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Trump's remarks came at the close of a two-day summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#75NPE)
Hill County passed a one-year ban on data center projects, as the country authorities study the effects their effects on the community. Still, the County Attorney warned that they could get sued if they pass this moratorium, with a Texas State Senator asking the State Attorney General to investigate counties that have done so.
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by stephen.warwick@futurenet.com (Stephen Warwick) on (#75NMW)
A survey of Tom's Hardware readers has revealed that 60% of PC gamers are not planning to build a new PC in the next two years.
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A keen nozzle-head has dramatically sped up their 3D printer using the portable power of a Nintendo Switch and Klipper firmware replacement.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#75NMY)
Industry watchdog Monitoring Analytics says that PJM Interconnection is not doing enough to prevent power prices from spiking due to massive data center demand.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#75NMZ)
We tested both CPUs across gaming, rendering, encoding, efficiency, and pricing to determine whether Intel's Arrow Lake Refresh can finally challenge AMD's X3D dominance in the mid-range segment.
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Major Chinese optical fiber manufacturers have booked orders stretching into 2027, as AI data center construction drives demand growth that the supply chain can't match.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Bruno Ferreira) on (#75NK6)
Apple M5 architecture gets its first privilege escalation exploit
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#75NK7)
A software engineer figured out a way to run an RTX 5090 on an M5 Max MacBook and play Cyberpunk 2077 at over 100FPS. The process required a lot of tweaking, including running a Linux VM and using the FEX translation layer to get games to work.
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Asus has revealed the company's first ROG "" DDR5 RGB 20th Anniversary Edition memory kit at ROG Day 2026, which will retail for $880.
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UK Ministry of Defence shortlists four firms to develop 'loyal wingmen' autonomous drones for British Army Apache helicopters.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#75N5D)
Intel's latest Core Ultra 7 270K Plus 24-core CPU is $20 off on Amazon, bringing its price down to just $279.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Kunal Khullar) on (#75N2V)
While Google has not publicly announced the change, the company confirmed that it is testing a new approach designed to improve account security and data recovery.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#75N2W)
Pennsylvania residents blame Governor Josh Shapiro for the large number of data center projects in the state, despite his efforts to introduce policies that will balance development with the welfare of the people.
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President Donald Trump said on Friday that Beijing is refusing to let Chinese companies buy Nvidia's H200 AI chips.
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NordVPN has a huge sale right now that drops the cost of a two-year subscription to just $83, the equivalent of just $3.09 a month, with three extra months thrown in for free.
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Samsung Electronics has reportedly begun throttling semiconductor output by cutting new wafer input and placing lithography, etching, and cleaning equipment on standby.
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by brandon.hill@futurenet.com (Brandon Hill) on (#75MZZ)
The Archer BE770 impresses with wireless performance, but stumbles with LAN port specs.
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Save $400 on a monster 18-inch gaming laptop with RTX 5070 Ti. Acer's Predator Helios Neo 18 AI falls to just $1799.
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by brandon.hill@futurenet.com (Brandon Hill) on (#75MX4)
Asus is aiming at hardcore gamers with the ROG Xreal R1 glasses.
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Anthropic has leased xAI's entire 220,000-GPU Colossus 1 supercluster from SpaceX to ease Claude's growing compute bottlenecks, in a deal that may reveal far bigger ambitions around AI infrastructure, orbital data centers, and Musk's IPO strategy.
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A member of a crime syndicate that tried to smuggle cocaine hidden inside printers has been sentenced to nine years behind bars.
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Reddit users report that the AMD Adrenalin 26.5.1 graphics driver causes the Zero RPM feature to malfunction when the monitor goes to sleep or when turned off.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Aaron Klotz) on (#75MC1)
Microsoft has finally confirmed that Windows Update downgrades GPU drivers in certain circumstances. A partial fix is coming later this year to reduce the chances of driver downgrades occurring on newer devices.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Bruno Ferreira) on (#75M96)
After a source code leak last year that allowed the community to unofficially enable FSR 4 on Radeon RX 7000- and 6000-series cards, AMD is officially bringing this formerly RX 9000-series-exclusive feature to older Radeons in the coming months.
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Save 50% off this $59 Hoto Electric Screwdriver with 25 included bits. Limited-time Amazon countdown sale drops the price to just $29.
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Turtle Beach's second-generation Stealth Pro II headset is the first headset that lets you connect to multiple devices over 2.4GHz wireless with USB-A dongles instead of wires. If you want a headset that can connect to everything, no matter where it is, this is the most versatile headset we've seen.
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Intel has announced a multi-year strategic partnership with F1's legendary McLaren Racing team. AMD has been Mercedes-AMG's partner for six years.
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The Alienware 15 Gaming Laptop uses last-gen Intel, AMD, and Nvidia components to bring the brand to a wider audience and replace Dell's former G-Series notebooks.
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A tech enthusiast has combined an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 (8GB) with defective memory and an AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT (16GB) with a damaged GPU to make a working RTX 3070 with 16GB of VRAM.
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by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#75M1B)
All three leading foundries have now entered the 2nm era, but their paths from now on diverge sharply: TSMC bets on predictability, Intel wagers on aggressive architectural shifts, and Samsung's primary focus is on improving yields.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#75M1C)
A new survey revealed that 7 out of 10 Americans are against data center developers building projects within the vicinity of their homes. This is a massive increase from the late 2025 survey which showed that 47% of people are against AI data centers near their homes.
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An RTX 5060 Ti-powered gaming rig for only $1149 from Lenovo. The Legion Tower 5i is discounted by $410 in today's limited-time Woot sale.
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AMD reaches 46% of server x86 CPU revenue — Intel still controls 70% of the consumer PC market share
by ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) on (#75M1E)
AMD now commands 38.1% of total x86 CPU revenue share, skyrockets past 46.2% x86 server CPU market share, according to Mercury Research.
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Singularity Computers has announced the Portal Advanced, an open wall-mounted display case with liquid-cooling support, starting at $499.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) on (#75KZF)
An X user shared how they were able to recover the password on their old cryptocurrency wallet using Claude and some luck.
by stldenise@gmail.com (Denise Bertacchi) on (#75KZG)
Louis Rossmann posted yet another YouTube video taunting the 3D printing juggernaut into taking legal action. In the video, he stated the contentious fork of OrcaSlicer-BambuLab was now hosted on his own FULU (Freedom from Unethical Limitations) Foundation GitHub.
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You can grab 32GB of fast DDR5-6400 Corsair Pro Overclocking RAM for just $329.99 right now. That's a $70 price drop compared to its list price and one that makes it the cheapest option on sale, turning it into an unmissable deal for a gaming PC upgrade.
by editors@tomshardware.com (Bruno Ferreira) on (#75KZJ)
Around 49,000 Lake Tahoe residents are finding out in the worst way that they might become literally powerless come May 2027, as provider NV Energy is poised to redirect the spice flow elsewhere, according to an article on Fortune.
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Klipsch's new ProMedia Lumina brings customizable LED backlighting to the company's iconic PC speaker lineup and redesigns both the speakers and the subwoofer.
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The Asus Prime Z890-P Wifi is a solid, all-around budget-class board for Z890 and the latest Core Ultra chips. However, other boards around its price offer compelling features and better value.
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The plant, located in Yunlin County, is expected to come online as early as 2028 and will co-develop advanced photoresists with TSMC.
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The Sandisk Desk Drive 8TB normally retails for $1,999.99, but you can have it today for just $739.99, saving $1,260.
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by editors@tomshardware.com (Bruno Ferreira) on (#75KC7)
Microsoft Bitlocker-protected drives can be opened with just some files on a stick
by editors@tomshardware.com (Hassam Nasir) on (#75K9R)
The Ryzen 9000 family is expanding with six new PRO series models that break two rules: higher than 65W TDPs and 3D V-Cache stacked underneath the CCDs. It's the first time we're seeing 120W to 170W SKUs in this lineup, along with the introduction of X3D models. General availability beings in Q3 2026.
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Microsoft introduces Cloud-Initiated Driver Recovery, an important Windows reliability change designed to minimize buggy driver mayhem.
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Save over $250 on this Newegg combo deal that nets you the AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti graphics card from Gigabyte, now just $1,264.99.